Zon Zon dining room — a patterned tile aisle running toward sunlit double doors, backlit arched niches above green booths on the left, cognac leather booths beneath a gallery wall of framed art on the right, cream pendant lanterns overhead

RESTAURANT & RETAIL
DESIGN. BUILD. BEYOND.

Building spaces
with purpose.

Thoughtfully designed.
Beautifully built.
Spaces with soul.

BORN IN DALLAS, TEXAS · WORKING WHEREVER VISION TAKES USDesign / Construction / Consulting

01 / The studio

We turn big ideas into places
people want to be.

Yela Studio brings design, construction, and consulting together. We partner with restaurant and retail brands to create spaces that feel considered, connected, and unmistakably their own.

A sense of place.

Explore our work

Sunlit restaurant bar with fluted wood paneling, cognac leather stools, brass shelving, and geometric lantern pendants

Zon Zon - Dallas, TX

Hospitality concept · Concept design & construction

Darna Mediterranean Market + Eatery storefront with turquoise signage, rattan patio seating, and canvas umbrellas on a sunlit sidewalk

Darna Eatery - Legacy West, Plano, TX

Hospitality concept · Design & construction

Evening dining room with terracotta plaster walls, a ribbed rust-coloured banquette and bentwood chairs, a mosaic-tiled bar to the left, draped crimson canopies, and a Moorish archway lit by pierced brass lanterns

Baboush - West Village, Dallas, TX

Middle Eastern restaurant · Concept design & construction

Wild Pita - College Station, TX

Mediterranean quick-serve · Concept design & construction

Elevated view across a lounge restaurant — a full-height tree at the centre beneath a carved wooden ceiling panel, curved navy banquettes and marble tables with woven cane chairs on patterned mosaic tile, an arched pass-through lined with mosaic tile, a deep blue barrel-vaulted ceiling to the left, and a marble-topped bar with a backlit front and laser-cut lattice bottle shelves to the right

The Linden - Deep Ellum, Dallas, TX

Contemporary American restaurant · Concept design & construction

The main hall at Crave Food Hall at Purdue — students at long blonde-wood communal tables beneath timber rafters and rows of matte black dome pendants, with the Taco Sabe, Shawarma Shack and Sonny & Sons stalls along the back wall

Crave Food Hall — Purdue University

8000 SF campus food hall · Design & construction

The Junction exterior at twilight — a two-storey building with roll-up glass garage doors glowing warm from inside, an outdoor patio with umbrellas along the sidewalk, and a cyclist blurred across the foreground

Junction Food Hall - Denver, Co

12000 SF food hall · Design & construction

02 / What we do

One vision.
Every step of the way.

Design

Distinctive environments that bring your brand to life. From the first sketch to the smallest detail.

Construction

An intentional build, grounded in craftsmanship. Connecting the creative vision to the finished space.

Consulting

Clarity at every stage. Thoughtful guidance on your concept, space, and the path forward.

Building spaces with purpose.

We turn big ideas into places people want to be.